A view of traffic on I-75/I-85 south of the collapse site

A view of traffic on I-75/I-85 south of the collapse site / Wikimedia Commons

The closed section of I-85 carries more than 240,000 vehicles a day with few alternate routes. We talked with Emory University labor economist Tom Smith about the economic impact of the collapse on the state and the region.


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